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Sustainable Future Perspective Series | Circular Economies: Electronic and Electrochemical Devices

The Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) are partnering to organize a series of discourses on technology-based solutions to global challenges linked to UN Sustainable Development Goals. We are pleased to present another discourse in our series: Circular Economies: Electronic and Electrochemical Devices. The distinguished panel for this event comprises Komal Habib (SEED), Steven Young(SEED), Ting Tsui (ChE), Michael Fowler (ChE), and Asmae Mokrini from the National Research Council (NRC).

Dr. Khalil Emine, Zhongwei Chen and Michael Fowler

Sustainable Future Perspectives Series| Recylcing battery materials: Aiming for net zero

The Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) are partnering to organize a series of discourses on technology-based solutions to global challenges linked to UN Sustainable Development Goals.

We are pleased to present the second discourse in our series: Recycling materials for the battery: Aiming Net Zero.

In this event, Khalil Amine, an Argonne Distinguished Fellow and the leader of the Advanced Battery Technology team at Argonne National Laboratory, will be joined by Prof. Zhongwei Chen (ChE) and Prof. Michael Fowler (ChE).

Please join us in Faculty Hall, (E7-7303/7363) from 3:30 - 4:30pm. Registration is required! Refreshments will be provided.

Register now!

Thursday, April 29, 2021

NERv Technology raises $3.32 million in seed funding

NERv Technology, a MedTech startup co-founded by Nanotechnology Engineering alumni Amr Abdelgawad (BASc 2016, Nanotechnology Engineering, MBET 2017) and Youssef Helwa (BASc 2015, Nanotechnology Engineering, MASc 2017, Electrical Engineering), has secured $3.32 CAD million in seed funding to support the launch of their smart catheter system that can enhance healthcare delivery by helping surgeons respond faster to potential post-surgical complications.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Nanotechnology innovation at Capstone Design Symposium

At the 11th annual Capstone Design Symposium on March 26th, the Nanotechnology Engineering program’s class of 2021 presented their fourth-year design projects to an enthusiastic audience. Students, faculty, friends and family members joined online to learn about the exciting innovations created by our fourth-year students.

Thursday, March 4, 2021

UWaterloo researchers awarded $2 million to create Ontario Centre for Battery and Electrochemical Research

Zhongwei Chen, Canada Research Chair in Advanced Materials for Clean Energy and Chemical Engineering Professor and Linda Nazar, Canada Research Chair in Solid State Energy Materials and Chemistry Professor, received more than $2 million in infrastructure funding from the federal government’s Canada Foundation for Innovation for the proposed Ontario Centre for Battery and Electrochemical Research.

Thursday, January 7, 2021

NE alumna Kiara Bruggeman uses nanotechnology to create groundbreaking stroke treatments

NE alumna Kiara Bruggeman (NE BASc and CHEM BSc ’12, double degree) is engineering groundbreaking treatments that could help stroke victims essentially regrow parts of their brains. Her research team at Australian National University (ANU) is creating materials that can be used to tell stem cells to start behaving like brain cells in order to replace stroke-damaged tissue.

WIN Seminar Series: Liquid Crystal Networks for Small-Scale Bioinspired Soft Robots and Devices, by Hamed Shahsavan

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is happy to welcome Professor Hamed Shahsavan to the WIN family! Professor Shahsavan will deliver a seminar in order to introduce himself and his research to our community. Please join us in giving him a warm welcome.

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

NE Alumni Profile: Alisha Bhanji, Class of 2020

Just last spring, Alisha Bhanji (BASc 2020) was working with her Capstone Design team to finalize the liquid crystal technology behind their fourth-year design project. Now, as Co-Founder & Chief Engineering Officer of Scope Photonics, Alisha and her colleagues are taking it to market via their startup company.

Their camera lenses can instantly, and without digital cropping or physical movement, adjust their optical behaviour to take the perfect photo in any condition. With a potential market that stretches far beyond smartphones, their technology shows great promise. They’ve accomplished a rapid series of exciting achievements, including several big-name awards and unique opportunities, that have them poised for success.